With a temple room as large as ours, it may seem impossible to create intimacy and ambiance! However, with the house lights turned down and the dramatic spotlights in use, the atmosphere can suddenly be changed! With a festive mood. a packed temple celebrated Diwali at New Remuna Dhama, ISKCON Toronto, this past Sunday. During the four Sundays of Kartik, …
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Deity Darshan: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Devotees Gather to Chant for Jayapataka Swami
Yesterday evening, devotees gathered at ISKCON Toronto, New Remuna Dhama, to have a reflective night of chanting and kirtan as we joined devotees around the world who continue to pray for the health and recovery of HH Jayapataka Swami. Over 50 devotees gathered at the temple and the evening began with everyone sitting in front of Srila Prabhupada and chanting …
An Evening of Prayer for Jayapataka Swami
As many devotees may already know, HH Jayapataka Swami, one of ISKCON’s most senior devotees, was rushed to the hospital in Mumbai, India yesterday evening (North American time) after falling unconscious during the early morning hours. It has been determined that he had suffered two brain hemorrhages (internal bleeding). There will be a program this evening at ISKCON Toronto to …
Appearance of Radha Kunda Celebrations Tonight!
An open invitation goes out to all from Toronto’s Hare Krsna temple to join festivities this evening as we celebrate the Appearance of Radha Kunda. Festivities will begin at 6:00pm, continue through to 8:30pm and will feature kirtan, class and wonderful prasadam! The lake known as Radha Kunda is very dear to Lord Krsna because it is very dear to …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Beautiful Damodarastakam!
Below is the presentation that we used yesterday (and which we will use during the next three Sundays) while we sang of Damodarastakam at the Sunday Feast. We’ve added an audio track so that devotees can play this presentation at home while they offer lamp during this auspicious month of Kartik. The words to the bhajan along with the English …
“Chanting with Faith” with Mahatma das
Many devotees at ISKCON Toronto might be familiar with Mahatma das; he has visited Toronto on several occasions. He has given a seminar on Prayer and Forgiveness and also conducted a Japa Workshop. He also attended this year’s Ratha-Yatra celebrations. Here is a recording of a live webcast from our friends at krishna.com who had Mahatma das give a class …
Bhakti Raghava Swami’s Whirlwind Tour of Toronto
HH Bhakti Raghava Swami recently wrapped up a whirlwind tour of ISKCON Toronto conducting various seminars, classes and programs carrying his message of Global Varnasrama. Maharaja began with a seminar on Thursday, October 2nd at the Hare Krsna temple about Introducing Global Varnasrama where he focused on sharing with attendees the basics of the varnasrama system. That Saturday, Maharaja attended …